Fairfax County’s New Registrar Meets Challenges in Run-Up to Nov. 8 Election
County is spending $220,000 on 1,900 poll workers; mailing out new voter cards mid-month; coping with redistricting
Fairfax County’s Office of Elections is looking to fill spots for the 1,900 poll workers needed to help out on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 8. The county will pay $100 to $200 each—$220,000 total—for what can be a 12-hour day. To help recruit poll workers, the county is creating videos this week at its Channel 16 station before the big day. That’s just one of the ways Cameron Quinn, Fairfax County’s brand-new Office of Elections general registrar, is meeting the challenges in her new job one month before an election that features a smorgasbord of statehouse, supervisor, sheriff and school board seats on the ballot. Quinn, whose career has included a stint as the state's chief election official, has hit the ground running since taking the …
